out of curiousity, have you tried it with jdk1.4.0?
it could be there's a memory leak with jdk1.4.1. You may also want to check Sun's java bug database to see if there isn't already a bug reported related to your findings. peter lin > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ing. Damiano Bolla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 6:19 AM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: Tomcat 4.1.12 memory leak, resources leak, what to do ? > > > > > > Thanks to all that have replied, the problem is still here > > and what follows > > are the tests I did > > To clear the issue here it is what I am doing > > > > ---------- > > - Clean install of redhat 7.2 or Suse 7.1 (same results for > > both platforms) > > - Clean installation of tomcat 4.1.12 > > - Clean installation if JDK 1.4.1 (the same happens with > > 1.4.0.2 or 1.3.1) > > - What I am doing is http://localhost:8080/ and keep > > refreshing that with F5 > > - I am NOT testing my own servlet. I am NOT doing anything else !!! > > > > I monitor memory usage using top and sorting the results by > > memory. I am > > looking at the SIZE column. > > What I get is an EVER INCREASING memory usage. Something like > > 30212 > > 30220 > > 31016 > > 31040 > > 31576 > > > > ------------- > > I did try the various suggestions and as far as I can tell it > > is not a > > pure memory issue but it probably is a resource issue, maybe > > a file not > > closed or a socket ....... > > The question, what should I do next ? > > Who should I report the problem to ? > > > > I must say that it is very easy to reproduce..... > > > > Damiano > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>